The late apple varieties from Narkanda and Kotgarh are selling at a steady price in the Parala market, with a good box fetching about 300 rupees more than in August.

Growers who held back their fruit for a month said the wait had paid for itself. Traders expect the price to hold until the last trucks come down in early November.

The market committee has kept the yard open until eight in the evening for the rest of the season.